What is the best blu-ray disc player?

Question

it needs to be able to play regular dvds also

Answer 1

The best would either be the Pioneer Elite, or the Denon Blu-Ray disk players.  The best for your money would probablly be the PS3.  The best that isn't a gaming console as well would be the Panasonic DMP-BD30K.

Panasonic:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?...

PS3:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?...

Denon:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?...

Pioneer Elite:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?...

Answer 2

get a PS3 because it does everything and yes blueray players play SD DVDs and other types of discs like record ables, Rewrite ables, Audio CDs. The PS3 Will do the same thing tat a regular Blueray player does except that a regular blueray player doesn't have a HDD and you can't game in HD.

Answer 3

I like my ps3, plays everything great.

Answer 4

um well the best ones would be way out of a normal persons price range Like 60k don't ask me why just is but a good one would be from Denon

Answer 5

The PlayStation 3 is, perhaps, the best deal overall.

You get a current generation video game system plus a Blu-Ray Disc player that is able to be easily updated so long as you have a broadband internet connection, including through wireless ethernet.  All you'd have to get that's not included with the PS-3 is the optional PS-3 Bluetooth remote control.  All in all, it's a bargain that simply can't be beat.

ALL Blu-Ray Disc players will play DVD-Video discs, so there's no problem there.  However, no Blu-Ray Disc player does an acceptable job of playing regular DVDs compared to a good standalone DVD player, such as the Oppo DV-983H, especially in regards to deinterlacing and scaling for DVD to look its best on an HDTV display.  

You do have to remember, Blu-Ray Disc players were designed for Blu-Ray Disc first, DVD second.